Aaron Weitzman currently covers a myriad of municipal topics on the sell side for The Bond Buyer. He is primarily responsible for covering the sell-side of the muni market, and often contributes to the daily coverage of the primary and secondary markets. Aaron also focuses in on bond insurance and underwriting businesses. Previously, he wrote for the fantasy sports website Rotoballer and covered the flooring industry for Hearst Business Media. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh.
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BondWave LLC has made several enhancements to its Engine for Fixed Income platform.
October 18 -
The last of the week’s big new issues hit the screens on Thursday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
The top municipal bond counsel saw $265.58 billion of business in the first three quarters of 2019, more than the $237.49 billion the firms did in the same period last year.
October 16 -
The two active municipal bond insurers benefited from the issuance boom in the third quarter, as the industry penetration rate rose slightly despite the fact that interest rates are going back down.
October 16 -
Rampant issuance continues with $12.4 billion, heavy on taxable deals. Meanwhile, the end of this volatile week had the secondary getting whacked with AAA benchmarks showing big cuts.
October 11 -
Issuers from New York, Florida and Nebraska offered buyers notes, bonds and taxable deals.
By Chip BarnettOctober 10 -
A large calendar this week should spark high demand, market participants say.
By Chip BarnettOctober 8 -
Following suit with the issuers and underwriters, top muni financial advisors were outpacing business done to this point last year with $224.84 billion, up from $206.93 billion. The first three spots in the rankings remained the same for the big players, as the rest of the field saw a bevy of changes.
October 7 -
Through three quarters municipal bond issuers are coming to market more frequently than they did during the same period of 2018, as low rates and yields are too good to pass up and demand for muni bonds is closing in on an all-time high.
October 7 -
Municipal underwriters saw increased business, as demand for muni bonds jumped through the roof. Top muni underwriters accounted for $267.51 billion in 7,310 deals, up from $239.33 billion in 6,406 transactions in the first nine months of 2018.
October 7